WILLY Wonka Star Died At Age Of 83
WILLY Wonka star Gene Wilder passed away at the age of 83, in his home. The family of the beloved actor said that the actor and writer died on Monday at his home in Stamford , Connecticut, from complications from Alzheimer's disease. The actor was a master at playing panicked characters caught up in schemes that only Mel Brooks could devise, including reviving a monster in Young Frankenstein. Wilder, most famous for his role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1989